Hellen Andrea Escobar Aguirre is a Colombian weightlifter.[1] She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2] She is a three-time medalist, including gold, at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships.[1][3][4] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games held in San Salvador, El Salvador.[5]
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| Country | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 76 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2022, Escobar competed in the women's 87 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[6] In that same year, she also competed in the women's 76 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[7] In 2023, she competed in the women's 81 kg event at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[8]
In 2024, she won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.
Achievements edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing  Colombia
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia |
76 kg | 103 | 107 | 5 | 133 | 135 | 4 | 242 | 4 | ||
| 2023 |  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
76 kg | 103 | 106 |  |
132 | 136 |  |
242 |
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| Pan American Games | ||||||||||||
| 2023 |  Santiago, Chile |
81 kg | 97 | 101 | — | 123 | 127 | — | 228 | 8 | ||
| Pan American Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2024 |  Caracas, Venezuela |
76 kg | 95 | |
122 | 126 | — |  |
221 |
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| Central American and Caribbean Games | ||||||||||||
| 2023 |  San Salvador, El Salvador |
76 kg | 102 | 104 | |
127 | 136 | |
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| South American Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 |  Asunción, Paraguay |
87 kg | 102 | — | 128 | — | 230 | 4 | ||||
References edit
- ^ a b "2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (25 April 2019). "Colombia take two overall gold medals on day three of Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Iveson, Ali (29 July 2022). "Rogers stars for US but Colombia dominate at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Colombia's weightlifters win 19 gold medals at Central American and Caribbean Games". InsideTheGames.biz. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Women's 87 kg" (PDF). 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "Women's 81 kg Results" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
